orange is her favourite colour

It is her birthday today. I hope she liked the portrait.

She usually wears glasses, but after seeing the painting in its early stages her husband decided that he liked it like this.

I worked from several photographs, and the instruction for the background was to place her in nature. With such a strong colour in her shirt it needed a strong background too.

Like the rest of Italy they are on holiday, so I probably wont hear from them for a long time. I really hope it was a happy surprise.
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